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BBKASKA STATE HIST .HI '*• SOCTITT g Lincoln, Nebraska I,;] 450 3 8 1963 . j . ■ X.' X Your ^ Farm Sale - -_ Newspaper /~\Th T^TPT T' TX Twelve Page. *“ «*?*,. h«. , k( IN II r M ln Thi‘lMU* ~ * S 5 - North Central ■ J I ^ ■ I I * ■ ^ March a w n r M aJL ^ A JL JLmJf ML March 42 » Nebraska March 4 31 a« 12 March & 32 IS "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 82—Number 46 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 7, 1963 Seven Cents National 4-H Week A'1" s our nation this week 4-H memliers and leaders pause to recognize what a great youth program we are a part of. With this thought in mind we would like to bring to the general public a few facts that make our program so interesting. 1 If started in the rural areas of our country to help youngsters loam liow to care tor beef and hogs the profier way It also helped to keep their interest by keeping accurate records to assure them it they were making a profit. The girls partake in these projects, tan also have their projects in different phases of home making. The hr t projects are simple ones and gradually become advanced so that we can do all phases of cooking, sewing, keeping a room (Groom your nx»m), plus other projects that are just for fun or develop into hobbies. For example, photography, bird-watching and gardening to mention a few. Any project can Ik- taken by a Ixiy or gill if they wish to learn the “how-to” the right way. 4-11 is recognized across our country as well as in lands across the sea. IJke any worthwhile organization it is not just the 4-H'ers but many men and women behind them that keep this great organiz ation going. At this particular time I would like to say "thank-you” to our local club leaders. They are our spark-plugs, they encourage us when the learning may seem hard and rejoice with us when we have clone the very best and results are tops. I o you tiie general public we hope you will understand that our 4-H stands for “Make the Best Better”, we need your interest in todays youth in order to progress successfully. If you have a young ster nine years of age or older, find out if a 4-H club wouldn’t lie that extra something he or she needs to make them a better citizen. Judy Mlinar, O’Neill Happy Helpers Rites Held for Mrs. Otto Retke At Inman Funeral services for Mrs. Otto Retke, {>9, wen* held March 5 at the Methodist church, Inman, with the Rev. Robert Under and the Rev. Paul Andre officiating. Burial was in the Orchard ceme tery. Palll carers were Wayne and Lynn Fry. Willie Shrader, Lee Fink, Dale and Richard Napier. Jessie Irene Fry was born July 27. 1893 at Deep River, la., and died March 1, at Our Lady of the Lourdes hospital, Norfolk. She was the daughter of Henry and Margaret Angus Fry. She married Otto H. Retke, August 7. 1912 at Neligh and they became the paren s of six children. The Retkes celebrated their golden anniversary in August. Survivors include the widower, Otto, sons, Vernon C., El Monte, Calif., Robert L., Los Angeles, daughters, Mrs. Elmer (Margar et! Killenger, Seattle, Mrs. Cur tiss (Lucille) Smith, Ephrater, Wash., Mrs. Floyd (Elaine) Jones, Mirahoma. Calif., broth ers. Z. H. Fry. Ewing, Lester Fry. Minnesota, sisters, Mrs. Gladys Hopkins and Mrs. Zelma Lipscomb, Calif. Passport Issued A passport was issued March 1 to Winnie Krietman, Stuart. Miss Kreitman plans to leave sometime in May for Europe where she expects to reside for a year or more. Saturday Night Hours Preferred to Thursday Saturday night held a slim un official lead over Thursday night as a preferred night open for O'Neill businesses. The voting, conducted among O’Neill Cham ber of Commerce members, was conducted by postcard ballot. The tally stood at 49-47 as of 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Chamber Secretary Howard Manson emphasized, however, that the vote did not conclusively decide the issue. Hoard action on the election will follow final tabulations and an official poll. Mrs. Al Kailhoff Wins First Safeway Prize Mis. Al Kailhoff is the first winner in Safeway's “Spell Cash" contest, Manager Mark Herbers said Wednesday. Mrs. Kailhoff completed the lucky word Wednesday and will receive $100 from the store. Herbers said the contest con tinues and there is no limit on the number of persons who may win or the number of times any one person may win. F. Butterfield Accepts Job With State ASC Office Floyd Butterfield, Atkinson, Chairman of the Holt ASC Coun ty Committee resigned his office March 6, 1963 to accept a posi tion with the Nebraska ASCS State Office as a State Compli ance Assistant. Mr. Butterfield will have a 20 county area ex tending from Knox, Boyd and Keya Paha Counties south to the Platte River. Past ASC work in Holt County includes seven years as a County Committeeman and an additional two years served as a Community Committeeman from Atkinson precinct. George Skopec, Emmet, will now serve as Chairman of the Holt ASC County Committee. Homer Ernst, Emmet, will be the new member on the Committee. Ewing High Plans Science Fair Saturday EWING—There will be a sci ence fair at the Ewing high school gym. sponsored by the Ewing Science Club. Saturday night. Mar. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Projects will be exhibited by students from the school. Demonstrations will also be given on the stage. FLOYD BITTERF1ELD (left) Chairman of the Holt ASC County Committee has announced his resignation to join the Nebraska A SOS State Office as a State Compliance Assistant. Homer Ernst, (right) has been named as a new member to the Holt County board. Grunke D-X Station Opens for Business Announcement was made this week of the opening of the Grunke D-X service station. The station will be managed by Har mon Grunke, who also manages the O'Neill Drive-In theatre. Hoi) Matthews and Darrel Ad amson will take over the bulk D-X distributorship and will op erate under the name of O'Neill Oil Company. Contracts, Pay Get Attention By School Board A big load of work faced the O'Neill school board Tuesday night as members considered teacher contracts, teacher pay, investing $492,000 in school bonds and reaching agreement with and making payment to the architect. Ail elementary teachers signed and returned contracts except l\Irs. Wayne Spelts who does not plan to teach next year. Present plans are to move Mrs. Alvina Avery from first grade to the fifth grade post and seek another teacher for first grade. In high school all teachers have signed contracts or have asked for a week’s extension of time. The extension reauests were granted. A motion to increase base pay of teachers by $50 per year was defeated. Board Treasurer John Watson was authorized to invest the board's $492,000 in bonds so that it may be earning interest until needed. Watson recommended that the money be invested in U. S. Treasury bills which are fully guaranteed and yield slightly less than three per cent. Bills of 182 days duration re turn 2.922 per cent on the current market while 91-day bills earn 2.87 per cent. Watson also said the bills could be cashed at any time they were needed and would collect interest up to the time of their conver sion to cash. He explained that there need be no physical trans fer of the bills, that a custody re ceipt was issued instead. Bills totaling $13,750.25 were ap proved and insurance on band uniforms was increased to $5,000 following a request for the action from the band parents organiza tion. The board held for further study a request from the archi tect for a detailed survey of the school plot and location of the new building on the plot. A meeting with the architect has been set for March 13 to review for approval some prelim inary working drawings for the new building. In other action the board ap proved Supt. H. L. McCoy at tending the North Central Confer ence meeting in Chicago, March 18-22, as a delegate from Ne braska. Slick Streets Cause Rash of Auto Mishaps A two-car collision occurred Sunday about 10 a.m. on High ways 20 and 275 near the drive way into Hap Seger's station. Arnold Babl, 24, O’Neill, driving a 1959 sedan, and Ralph S. Voecks, 20, O'Neill, driving a 1955 car, were involved in a side swiping mishap. Both cars re portedly skidded on ice. Damage to each vehicle was estimated at $100, according to Holt County Deputy Sheriff Jim Mullen. Sunday, Mar. 3 an accident occurred at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Golden Hotel involving a 1959 station wagon driven by Helen Sullivan, O’Neill. As she was attempting to back from the curb she backed into a 1960 car driven by Lyle Ray Tucker, who was traveling west on Douglas. Minor damage to both cars. Also Sunday an auto driven by Donald Burger, Newell, S. D., stopped for a red light and a 1963 car driven by Thomas Treihway, Rapid City, S. D., ran into the rear of the Burger vehicle. Due to icy streets he was unable to stop. At 9 :45 Monday morning, a 1962 pickup belonging to Dr. G. R. Cook which was parked in front of Moore-Noble Lumber Yard was struck by a 1959 auto driven by Dayle Hewett, O’Neill. Ap proximately $326 damages to the Hewett car. Two accidents occurred March 5, one was due to icy streets when a car driven by James Stoffer at the comer of E. John and N. 5th. making a right turn onto N. 5th skidded into the curb. Minor damage to car. The second one occurred at 5:05 at the comer of E. Everett and S. Fourth when a 1960 car driven by Lyle Ray Tucker turn ing left on Fourth street going south, stopped for traffic and a car driven by Dorothy Frost struck the rear of the Tucker car. Minor damage to both cars. Breakin Investigated At Northwestern Depot Sheriff Leo Tom jack and Jim Mullen investigated Saturday at the Northwestern depot where a railroad car was broken into and insulation was scattered about the railroad track. It was unable to determine if anything was taken until the car was unloaded. TIRED HIKERS — Bob McKay, Jack Kelly, John Miller, Dan Saunto and Pat Mahony stop for a rest at Stuart Saturday afternoon on their way to Bassett. The five St. Mary's students had to call it quits at Newport, 11 miles short of their 50 mile go U when it started to rain. More Sewer, Paving Projects Get Council OK The O’Neill City Council met Tuesday evening in regular ses sion. All council men were pres ent for the session. Ed Campbell was present at the meeting to offer the board a chance to purchase the lots north of the creamery lor a municipal parking lot. Mr. Campbell offered to sell the lo s for $7,000. No ac tion was taken by the board on the matter. Stub Miller, Henry Reimer and Ralph Davis appeared before the board and asked for an extension of sewer and water lines on north Tenth Street. The board aJso received cost estimates on extending sewer lines to the new Senior Citizens home and the Cleveland-Kipple development. Estimated cost was $39,613. Eleven new blocks were also created in the proposed paving project, six of which were brought in by petition. These include the following streets: Benton street from the corporate limits east to Jeffer son; Fourth street from Adams north to the county road includ ing Williams Street from Fourth to Sixth; Everett street, from Seventh to Ninth and Eighth street from Fremont to Everett; First street from Douglas to Clay; Williams Avenue from Se cond to Third; Sixth from Doug las to Williams, and John street from First to Second street. Twenty-nine and one-half blocks are included in the entire amount. O'Neill Honor Students Named Honor roll students for the fourth six weeks have been an nounced by Principal Marvin Mil ler. They are seniors, Ann John son, Terry Kurtz, Rich Hill, Keith Reynoldson and Kenneth Rey noldson. Juniors, Joan Riffey, Dianne Gillespie, Delores Rosen krans, Dwayne Skopec, Laurell Haynes, Christine Herley, JoAnn Maschi, Karen Perry, Mary Jo Walker, Diana George and Vicki Fletcher. Sophomores, Joan Drayton, Bill Enke and Ivan Hurley. Fresh men, Joan Aim, Wanda Halgrim son, Mike McCoy, Jerry Brock man, Nancy Harshfield and Sheryl Jackson. Subscription Price To Increase April 1 Frontier subscribers still have a little over three weeks to take advantage of current prices be fore subscription rates go up. Effective April 1, the rates will go to $3.50 per year in the county and $4 elsewhere in the country. Until April 1 subscriptions for one year only will be accepted for $2.50. This first price increase in over 15 years was necessitated by in creased postal rates and ever increasing costs of stock, labor and supplies. Good Turn Day Clofhing Drive Set Saturday Both O'Neill Boy Scout troops will cooperate Saturday in the annual Good Will pickup start ing at 1 pm. Troop 210, working from Fourth street west, will assemble at the K. C. hall while Troop 245 will meet at the Presbyterian church and gather parcels from Fourth street east. Scout officials asked that don ors put clothing and other ar ticles for the drive in sacks or boxes and place the packages in front of the house or along the curbing. Packages on porches and along sides of houses are often missed they said, because they are difficult to see. Persons are asked to put re pairable or usable clothing in the sacks or boxes so handicapped persons in the Goodwill industry may rehabilitate the clothing as well as themselves. Packages which were missed in the drive may be delivered to the Booth Transfer warehouse in sou hwest O’Neill. In case of bad weather the day of the pickup, residents are asked to wait until 1 p.m., if possible, before putting the materials out side. Larrv Schaffer will head the pickup for Troop 210 while Troop 245 will be under the direction of Joe McLeish. Langan House Sold To Mrs. M. Dishner Martina G. Dishner purchased the Joseph M. and Rosemary Langan house at a sheriff’s sale Monday morning. Max Golden bid on the house for Mrs. Dish ner. Sale price was $11,079.15 plus costs of $27.75. Rites Planned Here Today for D. D. DeBolt, 54 Funeral services for D. D. De Bolt, 54, will be held Thursday (today) at 2 p m. at the Presby terian church, O’Neill, with the Rev. William Ross, Ewing, offic iating. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ned Allen dorfer, Lee Brady, Lyle Abney, Dale Wilson, Ed Verzal and Lee Smith. Duriin Dorsey DeBolt the son of Stella Marie and Marshall De Bolt was born November 5, 1908 at Bassett and died suddenly March 4. in St. Anthony’s hos pital following a heart attack. He married Leota Thelma Lashmet, July 14, 1929 at Ains worth and they were the parents of two daughters. Mr. DeBolt came to O’Neill in 1940 and was employed at the Coast to Coast s ore at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Leota, daughters, Mrs. Richard (Delores) Farrier, Rapid City, and Mrs. Larry (Patricia) Krause, Melrose Park, 111. Holy Land Pictures To Be Shown Here Virgil Marshall, Wymore, will show pictures of his trip through the Holy land at the First Chris tian Church Sunday, Mar. 10 at 7 p.m. The public is cordially invited. Band Fund Hits $1,157; More Projects Planned Castro is Thorn in Side of Diplomats WASHINGTON - March 3 General Castro is coming to Wasliington. This developed today when a downtown hotel received a cablegram from Havana ask ing that a suite of rooms in- re served for him and his party. The exact date was nut given. i>ut the exiled dictator is expect - ed here in time to attend the President's inauguration. 'Hie hotel is the gathering place of the ministers ami diplomats from central America, and in terest approaching consternation was evident when the news of Castro’s coming was made known. Several of the envoys ap parently foresaw diplomatic com plication, and the manner in which the former president shall he received by them is a question of grave discussion. Editors Note: Taken from the flies of The O’Neill Frontier, Marc.h 6, 1818. The (kutro re ferred to was tieneral Cipriano Castro, deposed dictator of Venezuela and the Inauguration he was coming to attend wait President Wilson’s. Even 50 years ago the Oaetro elan ap parently wasn’t too popular. No doubt a visit by Castro today would merit a little "grave discussion” even in this ad vanced age. Informative Meeting Slated At Inman School Another meeting of the resi dents of the Inman school district has been slated for tonight, (Thursday) at 8 p.m. at the In man schoolhouse. Announcement of the meeting follows on the heels of a statement by the Ne braska Board of Education that they had voted unanimously that the Inman high school l>e disap proved by the State Education Department. A public hearing on the mat ter will be held at the hoard'a next monthly meeting. One other high school in the shite. Liberty high school, was also recommended for disapproval. Disapproval means the schools cannot collect free high tuition and the district would be subject to a free high school levy of about 6.8 mills. Disapproval for the school was prompted by a report compiled by Mel Olson, Education Depart ment consultant. Mr. Olson is quoted as including in the report that both schools “have little regard” for the state’s minimum requirements for approval. Mr. Olson listed eight deviations for the Liberty high school and six for Inman. Five are enough for disapproval. According to Mr. Olson disap proval of the Inman school “was not so much because of its devi ations from minimum rules, but because something has been lost in this community whereby boys and girls have lost one year of schooling. It is the most discour aging school situation I have ever observed.” he said. Two Youths Hurt In Auto Accident Lonnie Sparks, 18, Chambers, was hospitalized overnight in At kinson Memorial hospital follow ing a one car accident which oc curred about 10 p.m. Saturday on a county road two miles west of Atkinson. Sparks and a companion, Jerry Bailey, O'Neill, suffered bruises and minor lacerations. The Sparks auto missed a curve and rolled. It was a total loss, according to State Patrol man Eugene Hastreiter. CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN track* were torn up on both sides operation. The flatcar stopped on the west side of the crossing and of the railroad crossing in O’Neill Wednesday when a locomotive and the engine continued on over to the east side. Considerable track was a flatcar loaded with rails jumped the track during a switching torn up and the load of rails was spilled but no one was injured Word was received tins week from ltoherl <J Moorhead. prrsi dent of the "MW" Festival 'V*o elute* confirming tin* official .»< eeptanee of the O'Neill bands to participate In tlx- "500" "1 am sure that you will I** interested to know that this in vital km Is iiemg issued t«> only 33 musk ul units, each of which has re* elv etl outstanding awards In their own state Each of those selected was chosen from hundmts of applications f'-mi outstanding groups thnxighout the United States We are looking forward to having your fine organization in tire parade next may," sakl Mr. Moorhead. On Saturday of Udw week tin-re will be a benefit pancake feed at Uie Irflnn to bHp rsi'o money for Uds trip. Pancake-, will In- served from It a m. to 7 p.m. ni Uie la-gion bulktlng. In the event of bad weather, the feed will bo postponed until the following Saturday. The Dixieland Cbm ho wlh tx out Thursday afternoon at 4 otv the hank comer to "kick off" tin final ticket drive for the fe*-d. They will entertain the public with a few numlx-rs after which members of the band will circu late through the liusiness district selling tickets. Two other items to be dispfuy ed at the fee*! will lie a never fail needle threader for the wo men and men, who have trouble threading a n«*edle. The other item will lx* for those who wish to release inner ten sions and feelings of anger in a constructive manner. Two used curs have been donaU'*l along with two sledge hammers for the purpose of smashing metal against metal. A Small fee will lx- charged for each swing, liow ever, tliere is no limit to the numtxT of swings a person may take. Money ItulM-d to date: Food Sale $153.95 Concert 25190 Coffee Day 54.62 SaJebam Cal**• 70 00 A*lv. Pancake Sale 356.50 Donations; Hand Boosters $200.00 Msgr. O'Sullivan >.00 American Gear 25 00 Walt Young 10.00 Associated Press 5.00 Jim Donlin 5.00 Dr. Kile (Creighton! I 00 Total $1157.97 IJnria HUiirtwrg*-n, daughter of Mr*. John Htuifbergen, wan chos en by the, American lx-gion Aux iliary, Simonson f'o*>t 83 to rc prtwMit them at Girl* State In June at Lincoln. Linda, a junior at St. Mary’s Academy, is a member of the band and glee club and If also a cheer leader. She belongs to Sodality. Jolene Stutz was chosen alter nate. Sale Dates Claimed MAR. 8 — 1040 ACRE IM PROVED LAND SALE 2% mile* north of Lynch, Nebr. Two sets of improvements. Heirs of James T. Muller. Ed Thorin, licensed real estate broker and auctioneer. MONDAY, MAR. 11 — Henry Vequist closing out farm sale at the place located 11 miles north of O'Neill on 281, 5 miles west and 2% miles north. 95 head of cattle, 14 Yorkshire brood sows, a full line of farm machinery and some household goods. Dean Fleming, Wally O’Connell and Chuck Mahony, auctioneers, O’ Neill National Bank, the clerk. MAR. 12 — CLARENCE SCH MISER CLOSING OUT FARM SALE. 11% miles south of Ew ing. 57 head of cattle, 31 head ol hogs and an excellent line of ma chinery, some near new. Ed Thorin Auction Service, O’Neill. For complete details see listing in this issue of the Frontier. MAR 16 — 320-ACRE LAND SALE OF LEONARD AND DOR IS SWANSON. 2% miles west of Chambers on Hwy 95. Ed Thor in, licensed real estate broker and auctioneer. MAR. 25 — FRANK SKRDLA CATTLE AND MACHINERY SALE. 22 miles northeast of At kinson. Elmer McClurg, Wallace O’Connell and Vem Reynoldson, auctioneers. Watch the Frontier for complete listing.